3rd Avenue & East 163rd Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 163rd Street is in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 85 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 201 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 4,122 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Bronx Borough Courthouse stands 590 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 163 St/3 Av, is 50 feet away for the Bx13. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
78 hurt
85 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
E 163 St/3 Av · Bx13
Within a walk
35 places
13 religious buildings, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 163rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 163 St/3 Av, 50 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 163 St/3 Av Bx13 · Shelter
    50 feet
    Bx13
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

East 163rd Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 163 St 27 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    560 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 85 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 78 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 17 of those hurt, on foot
  • 9 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 4,122 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Eastbound on East 163rd Street2,696
Southbound on 3rd Avenue1,426
Total4,122

In 2025, 201 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 157th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 38 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
16 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1982 and 2017.

Since 2014 at least 279 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and November 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 220276 and 223277.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1905 and 1915.

  1. Bronx Borough Courthouse Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    130 feet
  2. P.S. X140 the Eagle School
    460 feet
  3. Boricua College - Bronx College
    810 feet
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  1. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    920 feet
  2. Sharon Baptist Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  3. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    1,070 feet
  4. Sunshine Devel - Sharon Baptist HS School
    1,080 feet
  5. P.S. 146 Edward Collins School
    1,100 feet
  6. M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar School
    1,150 feet
  7. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  8. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Charlton-Thompson Garden
    620 feet
  2. Dunbar Playground
    630 feet
  3. Hilton White Playground
    640 feet
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  1. O'Neill Triangle Park
    720 feet
  2. William Hooper Garden (Jacquline Denise Davis Garden) Garden
    880 feet
  3. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    940 feet
  4. Melrose Commons Park
    980 feet
  5. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    1,160 feet
  6. Franklin Triangle
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saxe Embroidery Company Building Listed historic place
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    250 feet
  2. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    720 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 163rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.